Joytech Presents Wii Powerstation
- December 19th, 2006
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The Joytech PowerStation for the Nintendo’s Wii provides you with two rechargeable battery packs (finally!) for your Wiimotes. The PowerStation also acts like a dock, allowing you to store your Wiimotes and charge them at the same time in a provided cradle. Each PowerStation can house two Wiimotes and connects to your Wii via USB. The docking station also has handles sticking out on each end giving you storage space for your Nunchunks.
The Joytech PowerStation has a release date of Jan. 26, will be going for $39. Seeing as how this is probably the best accessory for the Wii so far, I’d probably preorder it when available because this peripheral is going to be in very high demand. The Wiimotes are hard enough to store to begin with (unless you just throw them in a box with all your other controllers), throw in a docking station, Nunchuck holders, a cheap price and you’ve got a great Wii accessory.
Joytech releasing Wii rechargeable battery packs with PowerStation charger [video games blogger]
Amit (Who am I?)
1 year ago
Now if only I can get my hands on a Wii.
This looks slick and will add not only functionality but also convenience. You won’t have to search for your wiimotes and the battery won’t run out. Awesome idea. And for a price like this, this thing will sell like hotcakes.
Amit
Jon (Who am I?)
1 year ago
Functional, priced right and useful… looks like Wii is starting to borrow from Apples design prowess… so far, I am more impressed with the creativity coming out of Nintendo then Sony with M$ being a distant third. I think Nintendo lost its way when it went from the SNES to N64 but it found the error of its ways and producing a very appealing product (so far). As we all know… it comes down to the games ;-)
Jon
That Canadian (Who am I?)
1 year ago
Except it’s not made by Nintendo, it’s made by Joytech :P
Makes you wonder why Nintendo didn’t release this as one of their own accessories during the release, as it’s the only accessory I’d consider purchasing (apart from one of those Wii gloves)
Isaiah (Who am I?)
1 year ago
Is it just me, or does it look like it has feet? :o Outside of that, nifty charger/holder combo for those without the space (or the forethought) to leave wiimotes lying around to be accidentally smashed beneath a foot in the middle of the night. D:
(It happened to one of my PS2 remotes. :()
Anthony (Who am I?)
1 year ago
Awesome! I don’t have my Wii yet, but I’ll definitely be picking up one of these.
Jon (Who am I?)
1 year ago
Looks very very nice. Only question I may have is what would the charge time be? Power through USB is definitely feasible, but charging up two Wiimotes would probably be either slow, or incomplete. In addition, it is nice that they are tethering the system to the Wii, but a standalone charge/storage station would be pretty sweet (that way you can charge you Wiimotes while the Wii itself is turned off).
Otherwise, looking very nice (I think I’ll go link my friend to this).